-1.9% GDP (2009 Q1) following -1.6% GDP (2008 Q4)= -3.5% GDP approx. for past 6 months"The UK economy shrank 1.9% in the first three months of 2009, according to gross domestic product (GDP) data from the Office for National Statistics. The figure was much worse than the expected level of about 1.5% and followed the contraction of 1.6% in the previous three-month period..."Decline of the UK economy worsens, 24 April 2009http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8015704.stm